Prof., not another document!
Is the Fire Safety Order Guidance appendix B document just guidance, or based on BS recommendations or law?
Dr Wiz I am referring to the DCLG Guidance documents published by the Government in support of the Fire Safety Order.
My cut and paste (and edit) was from the following:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/fire/pdf/150955.pdf
Thanks for that Prof.. I note that the document you refer to is applicable to Large Places of Assembley (300 persons or more). I wonder if it is applicable in other premises? I suppose someone could read all the various different guides to find out. I don't know what we would do with ourselves if there weren't so much guidance, recommendations and laws available for us to look at!
And is the fire alarm link mentioned in this document because it is guidance, or a recommendation or because it is written in law?
I did note, as well, that the document is the normal hotch-potch of guidance, recommendations and law and without any reference to which is which. It would be easy for anyone to believe an opinion is actually a law and visa versa.
I know I've mentioned this before, but it is one of my many gripes with so many different documents issued by various bodies about similar matters.
In the same vein, I recently read an interesting article stating that judges are actually making up Divorce laws on the spot because there is, evidently, very few laws in place. I never realised that they could do this. I thought their job was to interpret The Law as it was written. The article explained that because hardly anything was written up as being right and fair in any particular circumstances, the judges unillaterally just make things up as they see fit on a case by case basis! Can this be right?